date:Oct 19, 2018
es of mad cow disease in 1986 in Britain caused a public health scare that lasted several years. In 1996, it became clear the disease can be transmitted to humans in the form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
The European Union ordered a worldwide embargo on British beef and its derivatives that was lifted in Europe in 1999.
China only lifted its embargo on importing British beef in June this year.
Professor Matthew Baylis, chair of veterinary epidemiology at Liverpool University, said one case w